Pervaporate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Cause (a liquid) to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The scientists used the new apparatus to pervaporate the solvent from the solution.
- Pervaporate the mixture slowly to separate its volatile components.
- One method to desalinate seawater is to pervaporate the water through a semipermeable membrane.
- The pervaporation process allowed them to pervaporate the volatile organic solvent.
- Hot gases were blown to pervaporate the moisture from the product before packaging.
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Meaning 2
Evaporate through a semipermeable membrane.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The water molecules were able to pervaporate through the semipermeable membrane, removing impurities from the solution.
- Water can pervaporate through the film, reducing its moisture content over time.
- During pervaporation, the solvent selectively perks through the semipermeable membrane, it is only able to pervaporate the alcohol molecules over that of the sugars.
- Waste reduction was achieved by pervaporating water through a semipermeable membrane before releasing the waste.
- Only the desired components of the solution were able to pervaporate through the semipermeable membrane used in the purification process.